Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building in the Solihull local planning authority area, England. A Medieval Church.
Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- bitter-pedestal-tallow
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Solihull
- Constituency
- Meriden and Solihull East MP: Saqib Bhatti (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Church of St Mary, Balsall
- OS grid reference
- SP 206 759
- Coordinates
- 52.38157, -1.69732
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Mary was built around 1290 for the Knights Templars and was later used by the Knights Hospitallers until 1540. It underwent restoration in the 1660s and served as a chapel for the nearby almshouses from 1677. It became a parish church in 1863 and was significantly restored in the late 13th century style by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1849. The church has a rectangular plan with a small turret at the southwest corner and fragmentary remains of fan vaulting in the south porch. Inside, there are steps leading up to the east end, 19th-century fittings, and seating arranged in a college chapel style. The interior also features 18th and early 19th-century wall monuments, a piscina, sedilia, and an aumbry recess. The church is part of a group that includes the Church of Saint Mary, Templars Hall, the North East Range, the South West Range, the Entrance Gateway, and the side walls at the Lady Katherine Leveson Hospital, as well as the Vicarage and Temple House.
Local climate
Church of St Mary receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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Nearby listed buildings
- Templars Hall
- Temple House
- Entrance Gateway and Side Walls at the Lady Katherine Leveson Hospital
- North East Range at the Lady Katherine Leveson Hospital, South West Range at the Lady Katherine Leveson Hospital
- Vicarage
- Temple Balsall School
- Springfield Hall
- Springfield Farmhouse
- Barn at Cuttle Pool
- Barn at Balsall Lodge Farm